Traveling through the Republic of China, I married a dead person

"I still have things to do, so I'll go back to the backyard first. If you want to eat anything, ask Butler Guo to buy it for you." After Su Bai finished speaking, he walked out of the lobby without looking back.

The group of concubines had not yet come to their senses from their daze, and they stood there motionless, watching Su Bai leave the door.

The second young lady chased after him and said, "Sister-in-law, you are so arrogant today!"

Su Bai rolled his eyes at her and said, "You are so arrogant that you have to spend my money? It hurts like digging my flesh!"

"Hehe, you're not such a stingy person!" said the second lady, holding Su Bai's arm.

Su Bai then remembered that he had a lot of candy in his pocket.

I bought Guanshengyuan cream toffee from Shanghai. I bought a lot of it. At that time, I thought that next time when the fourth young lady came over to me affectionately, I would grab a few candies and give them to her.

Before coming to the front yard, Su Bai grabbed a few handfuls and put them in his pocket.

"Go and call out Lingling and Honghong." The fourth young lady's name is Kong Ling, and the third young lady's name is Kong Hong.

The second young lady called out the third and fourth young ladies. The fourth young lady came over and hugged Su Bai as before, and the third young lady stood aside and looked at them with a silly smile as usual.

Su Bai grabbed a handful of candy for each of them, and gave the rest in his pocket to Kong Yun: "If our eldest daughter wants to eat, you can give her some. If she doesn't want to eat, you don't have to beg her!"

"She is willing!" Kong Yun took the candy and said, "Sister-in-law, don't be angry with my sister. In her heart, you are her closest person, but..." Kong Yun suddenly stopped here.

"Just what?" Su Bai realized keenly that what Kong Yun didn't say was the key. As long as she said it, she would be able to immediately solve the problem why the eldest lady was always lukewarm and indifferent towards him, but always stood on his side at critical moments.

"No, it's nothing. Sister-in-law, you go ahead and do your work. I'll go give them some candy!" Kong Yun turned around and ran back to the lobby.

This little brat, is she starting to hide things from me too?

At this time, the sixth concubine and the third concubine also came out.

Su Bai asked them to go back and tell the Second and Fifth Madams not to mess with Captain Zhao in the near future, as he was capable of doing anything.

Of course, he didn't have such courage. It was the right given to him by Kong Li.

"You have to understand that you are of no use to Kong Li. Don't provoke him, otherwise I'm afraid you won't even be able to save your lives!" Su Bai warned them solemnly.

"Then are we going to be locked up here like we're in prison?" asked the third concubine.

The Sixth Aunt explained that they were not forbidding us to go out, but we had to get the permission of Captain Zhao before going out. Kong Li was just showing off his power to us.

"I think it was the Fourth Madam's idea!" said the Third Madam angrily.

Su Bai didn't want to bother with them about this anymore, as it was meaningless.

When she returned to the backyard, Gao Hu was already waiting for her and said goodbye to her.

Captain Zhao completed his shift change this morning. He brought a dozen people to live in the four west wing rooms where Gao Hu's men had previously lived.

Battalion Commander Zhao moved the battalion headquarters into the Confucius Mansion.

Gao Hu's guard captain became the platoon leader of the third platoon of a company, and he and his men were transferred to the west city gate.

Because there are too few soldiers in Longxing City now, these more than 30 people will be transferred there to strengthen the defense appropriately.

According to Gao Hu, there are less than a hundred people in Longxing City, including the dozen guards of Captain Zhao in the Kong Mansion. This time, Commander Kong has completely given it all. Even in a county as big as Linhua, he only left one battalion.

All other troops were sent to the front line to join the battle.

When Gao Hu said this, Su Bai began to worry about Yang Huasen. Although Kong Dai said that he wanted Yang Huasen to launch a surprise attack on Longxing, Longxing was too small and there was not much to gain. Su Bai was still worried that Yang Huasen would attack Linhua.

If Linhua had a battalion of troops, Yang Huasen would probably not be able to gain any advantage.

An army that was beaten and forced to flee in all directions and hide in the mountains cannot compare with the troops defending the city in terms of equipment.

Although Su Bai didn't understand military affairs, he knew the gap in combat effectiveness between the two armies.

Unconsciously, I began to pray for Yang Huasen, hoping that he would not be rash and find out the situation clearly before taking any action.

After Gao Hu left, Su Bai asked Niu Yanzi to go back to Niu Village and get six more people to work at the Confucius Mansion: "We'll go to the front yard."

"The young lady has returned to the Confucius Mansion to take charge again?" Niu Yanzi understood immediately.

"Go back quickly!"

Su Bai was busy at Li's house for a while before it was lunch time. When he came to the front yard, the ladies were already sitting in the lobby waiting for Su Bai.

"You confused everyone just now. Tell me, how do you plan to manage the Confucius Mansion?" The second wife asked on behalf of everyone.

"Starting next month, each room will be paid a monthly allowance of 100 yuan, regardless of the number of people. I will pay for the third and fourth young ladies' schooling."

"You..." The second wife was confused again: "Are you crazy? How many months will it last if you do this with that little money?"

"How about you take charge of the Kong Mansion?" Su Bai tricked the Second Wife.

The second wife remained silent.

Now there is nothing left in the Confucius Mansion, so what can she do about it?

Su Bai told everyone that each family had a lot more money than before, so everyone should be frugal and save as much as possible. The world is in chaos today and no one can be sure what will happen tomorrow.

"When I give everyone their monthly allowance, I will definitely give you dollars. I warn you, do not exchange them for legal tender!"

Su Bai directly told everyone his judgment to save them from asking questions about this matter. The legal currency will definitely depreciate, and the degree of depreciation will be beyond everyone's imagination.

"Don't ask why. If you don't want to listen to me, then go and exchange it for French currency. Don't blame me for not telling you!"

"I'll listen to you, I'll listen to you. You are the head of our Kong family!" The fifth concubine said hurriedly, and the sixth concubine looked at her and smiled.

Su Bai also made housing arrangements, with the second wife living in the third hospital and the third wife living in the second hospital.

The fifth wife stopped moving and continued to live in her East Third Courtyard, while the sixth wife moved to the East Back Courtyard.

If the eldest daughter wants to live by herself, she can live in the East Second Courtyard where the Third Madam currently lives. If she still wants to live with the Sixth Madam, she can live in the East Backyard.

"I want to rent out these three courtyards in the west yard. No one can object. I have made up my mind!"

Except for the Second Wife who glared at Su Bai a few times, no one objected.

The eldest daughter didn't want to live alone and wanted to live with the sixth concubine.

"Wow!" When the first dish was served, the Sixth Auntie exclaimed, "I feel like I haven't eaten meat in half a year. Thank you, Madam, for your kindness and saving us from this difficult time!"

The Second Wife snorted coldly: "Then why don't you kowtow to the First Young Madam?"

"If you kowtow, I will kowtow too!" The Sixth Aunt directly retorted her.

During this meal, the concubines, who had been unusually honest, suddenly became well-behaved.

When they returned to the backyard after dinner, Yuan Yuze told Su Bai that Butler Kong had returned and was waiting for the young lady at the Li Mansion.

"He also brought someone back."

"Who?"

"I heard the butler call him Commander Yang."